Nathaniel Tryon (Prime Earth)

As a result of the New 52 in 2011, the entire line of DC characters was relaunched, incorporating properties belonging to the company's imprints: Wildstorm, Milestone, and Vertigo. As such, elements of this character's history have been altered in some way from the previous incarnation's. For a complete list of all versions of this character, see our disambiguation page.

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Before your body was transformed into living nuclear energy, your name was Nathaniel Tryon. You were a security guard at the Metropolis power plant until a meltdown changed you into this. You hunted down those you blamed for the accident and tried to kill them, but Superman stopped you. You became a metahuman gun-for-hire.

History

Neutron was housed in LexCorp while the Justice League handled the virus. Without his ability to absorb radiation, Neutron developed multiple cancer tumors across his body. Neutron was left bedridden until Luthor attempted to cure his cancer before the Darkseid War begun. [2]

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Powers

Radioactive Physiology: Nathaniel Tryon has the power to control, absorb and generate nuclear energy from his body at will. This effectively makes him a walking atom bomb which can strike with equal force of such.[3]

Weaknesses

Cancer: When Neutron was affected by the Amazo Virus, it disabled his ability to harness radiation, instead turning it into multiple deadly tumors across his body. [4]Lex Luthor tried to cure him but was interrupted by the beginning of the Darkseid War. [2]

Footnotes

This character is or was primarily an enemy of the Justice League, in any of its various incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the category "Justice League Villains."